Why you should come to Berlin Letters
But maybe you are already coming? If so, let's meet!!
Hello friends,
Beginning of July, I will be heading to Berlin for a few days and will be attending the fantastic Berlin Letters Festival.
This is the second edition, first one happened before Covid, in 2019. And I had the chance to speak there about my lettering challenges. We actually started a new one just after my talk with the attendees.
Berlin Letters had an incredible influence on me. First, having the chance to speak at an international lettering/calligraphy/type design and Sign Painting event was crazy for me. I had the chance to meet many many people from all these industries. I think this is one of the rare event in the world where you get to meet all these letters people.
After my talk and attending the event, I started to get more and more international visibility but also international projects. There I also met people who became good friends like Ivan Castro. I could spend some time chatting with Martina Flor, Ged Palmer but also the organisers and good friends Chris Campe and Ulrike Rausch.
This was the start of something new for me. Berlin Letters is back this year and I will be attending. I am so looking forward to meet my peers again and chat about life and letters. And I really think this is a fantastic opportunity for you to meet friends of Instagram, or people you admire, buy some type books or even try Fontself, as I will be helping my friends Franz and Mohamed on their booth.
When I started working, I tried to go to festivals and conferences because knowing people online is great but meeting them IRL is way much better. I know it is a cost but I always saw it more as an investment. If I would not have been to Berlin Letters in 2019, I would probably not be where I am today.
So think about that for a second. There are not many type related events in Europe. Especially events where different areas of type are mixed.
Some talks are in English and some in German. But that is not a problem. Talks are very visual and you can easily follow along.
Also there are fantastic workshops this year!! This really is an unique opportunity, believe me :) Check out some of them below:
If you are interested, I have a 10% discount for you :) Just reply to that email and I will send it to you.
The next weeks are going to be crazy, I hope I can write back on a weekly basis but I can’t promise, I just try to do my best :)
Take care and have a nice weekend!
Francis